How do i colour half an object in 3ds max 2009?

[Anonymous]

Iv been trying for a long time now, iv also googled but i cant find any solutions..

I did use a tool called slice but it did things that confused me..

Someone else told me i should use top/bottom tool

What dose that mean?

How do i colour half of an object, eg: a tree (lots of small points)

[banderson]

you can always go into the modifier panel select only the polygons you want and assign the texture and color them like that

[Anonymous]

And you can go further by applying color/texture to the polygons and then applying a UVW Map modifier on them specifically.

[Anonymous]

Iv been trying for a long time now, iv also googled but i cant find any solutions..

I did use a tool called slice but it did things that confused me..

Someone else told me i should use top/bottom tool

What dose that mean?

How do i colour half of an object, eg: a tree (lots of small points)

That is it.
Works differently by different objects(!) See attachment.
If positioning “world” is the checked one, by rotation (of the object),
The Top – Bottom position is always oriented to the world.

ivan

[MatthiasGose3847]

Or you can use the Multi/Sub Materials and give the polys a different material id.